Now that the weather’s easing up on us, it’s time to start taking care of the giant to-do list. The latest creation is for my long time shop pal, Baxter the terrier. I had lots of bamboo left over from the doggie dance floor that I finished off during this project. The first...

Between working, watching TV, and driving, we spend something like half of our waking hours sitting down. Gina’s job requires a lot of computer-based work. A few weeks ago she let me know that she wanted to spend less time sitting, so she took action. The next day I noticed her laptop...

A full size benchtop power supply isn’t in my budget right now, but still need reliable power for some of my projects. Hmm… what devices supply reliable 3.3V, 5V and 12V consistently and affordably? The answer is almost any desktop computer power supply. The ATX power supply...

My RF Explorer arrived today in a nice little package from Seeed Studio. The RF Explorer ISM Combo is a handheld spectrum analyzer capable of RF analysis in both sub-1GHz and 2.4GHz ISM bands. It’s very small – smaller than anything I’ve used before, including the...